Mary Margaret Kuehne

Mary (Buckley) Kuehne passed away May 12, 2023, after a long and hard-fought battle with kidney disease. Mary, the third of 12 children, was born to Don and Rose Buckley December 30, 1947, at St. Vincents Hospital in Portland, Oregon. Mary attended 1st-8th grade at St. Clare Catholic school and Wilson High School in southwest Portland grades 9-11. The Buckley family moved to a 20-acre farm just outside of Newberg in 1964. She attended her senior year at Newberg High School, graduating in June 1965. After graduation Mary married Harold Kuehne of Carlton, Oregon April 23, 1966, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Newberg. They raised 5 children on the Kuehne family farm outside of Carlton. Farm activities were the main stay but there were memorable boating and camping trips to Lake Billy Chinook and a few Disneyland trips over the years. They divorced in 1996. Mary met Allen Barss of Salem in 2000 and they married in June 2004. They enjoyed traveling and fishing together, divorcing in August 2016. Mary moved to her home in Dundee in 2016. Mary enjoyed raising a large family, gardening, and photography. She had an artistic ability and excelled at drawing and oil painting. Mary’s potato salad was always the family favorite! Mary had a lifelong love of horses, she owned and raised many over the years. She instilled in her children the value of hard work and enjoying life. Mary was a homemaker, worked at FarmGro and Farmer’s Co-Op, attended Catholic Church, was a member of Women for Agriculture. Later in life Mary harvested Christmas trees off the family farm and with the help of her sons transported them to California. She leased a lot in California annually where she sold the trees. Mary was proceeded in death by her parents, Don and Rose Buckley, sisters Rosemary Buckley and Elaine (Buckley) Goe, brother Michael Buckley. She is survived by her brother Pat Buckley, sisters Theresa Buckley, Ann Hysel (Mike), Margaret Sully, Eleanor Watkins, Betty Eubanks (Lee), Kathy Charron (Paul), Michele Donaldson (Richard). Daughters Carrie Casey (Jason), Angie LaPointe (Justin), Sarah Hess and sons Paul Kuehne (Brynn), Eric Kuehne (Heather) and 14 grandchildren.

Mary Margaret Kuehne

December 30, 1947 - May 12, 2023